Throwing more light on the dark side of psychopathy: An extension of previous findings for the revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Psychology, DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, USA;2. Department of Psychology, City University London, UK;1. University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA;2. University of Maryland, College Park, USA;1. Laboratoire de Biophysique et Technologies Médicales, Université de Tunis El Manar, 1006 Tunis, Tunisia;2. Center of Radiology and Medical Imaging, N12 street of mongi slim 6000 Gabes, Tunisia;1. Fairfax, CA, United States;2. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil;3. Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Center Leo Apostel, Belgium |
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| Abstract: | Despite previous studies of psychopathy and the motivational systems of the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) of personality, few have examined psychopathy in light of the revised RST model. In a large sample (N = 779) of young adults, we expand on Hughes, Moore, Morris, and Corr’s (2012) preliminary findings relating primary/secondary psychopathy to revised RST’s three systems: Flight-Flight-Freeze System (FFFS), Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS), and Behavioral Approach System (BAS). Converging results between Hughes et al. and the current study emphasize three major findings: (1) primary psychopathy is negatively related to the BIS as well as the FFFS; (2) primary psychopathy is positively related to goal-driven behavior of the BAS; and, (3) secondary psychopathy is positively related to impulsivity reflected in the BAS. The FFFS was incrementally predictive of primary but not secondary psychopathy. No evidence for a BAS × BIS interaction in psychopathy was found. Results are discussed in terms of future research directions. |
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| Keywords: | Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory Psychopathy Primary psychopathy Secondary psychopathy |
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